New York, March 3.
German mendacity in official correspondence is exposed by the fact Count Bernstorff, the German Ambassador, gave Mr. Lansing, Secretary of State, affidavits sworn by the crew of the German submarine U 97 regarding the sinking of the White Star liner Arabic while now comes the disclosure made by the British Government that the U 97 was sunk shortly after the Arabic disappeared and ished. The British possess the submarine's gear. on the 2nd was an even more brilliant action than was at first thought. The Germans had fever-ighly consolidated themselves in the position.
The assault of the British infantry was delivered at 4.30 in the morning. The Germans were discovered packed in dugouts and craters hiding from the terrible artillery preparstion. Five officers and 250 men were taken prisoner. Our casualty ies were surprisingly light.
Several counter-attacks have since been attempted by the enemy, bit they have all failed with heavy lou The ever-increasing power of our resources has been clearly manifested. This two days' fighting has been more costly to the enemy than any recent action on the British front.
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